Best batsmen in the world across all formats (based on ICC Rankings)

No.9: Quinton de Kock

The wicketkeeper-batsman is ranked No.4 in ODIs

Overall Ranking: 72 Points: 1854

The first of the four South Africans in this list is Quinton de Kock. Although he is only in the top ten in one format and is just inside the top 50 in another, he makes the cut at No.9 courtesy of his overall rank of No.72, which only just edges out Mathews at 74.

The wicketkeeper-batsman is ranked No.4 in ODIs but fails to find a spot in the top 10 in T20Is where he is ranked No.19 just ahead of his compatriot JP Duminy. In Tests, he only just makes it into the top 50 ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin and is placed 49.

Despite that, his superior ranking in ODIs means that despite have fewer ranking points than Angelo Mathews, de Kock is at No.9, one place ahead of the Sri Lankan captain.